We have these questions coming up about CAIS next. You have the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, the Ontario Federation of Agriculture--you name the organization. They're all saying, okay, one of the shortcomings is it's either disaster or it's adapting the CAIS so that you don't have to be a chartered accountant to be able to fill out the forms. Why wouldn't we go that way if we had to do something, as opposed to the brochure and all that kind of thing?
Why couldn't we adapt...? If the Americans in Minnesota have already paid all of the people who've suffered from the drought, and it's just across the border--it is essentially the same geography--surely there has to be.... I'm only using one example, but anybody in this room can use any part of their own riding or constituency, to use an example. Where should our priorities be? Clearly our priorities should be in addressing that.
My concern also is that you see the low uptake. You see exactly the same questions coming from at least three of the four parties, saying that they've heard from people that it isn't working and it's still in its pilot stage. Can't we be flexible enough, even as a public service, to say, okay, with a 10% uptake, clearly it's not working? If we have to extend it and we're only going to get a marginal increase, why don't we re-examine the criteria? Why don't we re-examine what we're trying to do here? And, above all, does the farming community need a lesson in business management to do business plans now when they're thinking about surely just getting through the year?